Article 54 Review
1. By 1 January 2020, the Commission shall review and submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on this Regulation and in particular on:
(a) the functioning and effectiveness of the critical benchmark, mandatory administration and mandatory contribution regime under Articles 20, 21 and 23 and the definition of a critical benchmark in point (25) of Article 3(1);
(b) the effectiveness of the authorisation, registration and supervision regime of administrators under Title VI and the colleges under Article 46 and the appropriateness of supervision of certain benchmarks by a Union body;
(c) the functioning and effectiveness of Article 19(2), in particular the scope of its application.
2. The Commission shall review the evolution of international principles applicable to benchmarks and of legal frameworks and supervisory practices in third countries concerning the provision of benchmarks and report to the European Parliament and to the Council every five years after 1 January 2018. That report shall assess in particular whether there is a need to amend this Regulation and shall be accompanied by a legislative proposal, if appropriate.
3. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 49 in order to extend the 42-month period referred to in Article 51(2) by 24 months, if the report referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1 of this Article provides evidence that the transitional registration regime under Article 51(2) is not detrimental to a common European supervisory culture and consistent supervisory practices and approaches among competent authorities.
4. By 31 December 2022, the Commission shall review the minimum standards for EU Climate Transition Benchmarks and for EU Paris-aligned Benchmarks in order to ensure that the selection of the underlying assets is coherent with environmentally sustainable investments as defined in a Union-wide framework.
5. Before 31 December 2022, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the impact of this Regulation and the feasibility of an ‘ESG benchmark’, taking into account the evolving nature of sustainability indicators and the methods used to measure them. That report shall be accompanied, where appropriate by a legislative proposal.
6. By 15 June 2023, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the scope of this Regulation, in particular with respect to the continued use by supervised entities of third-country benchmarks and on potential shortcomings of the current framework. That report shall assess in particular whether there is a need to amend this Regulation in order to reduce its scope to the provision of certain types of benchmarks or to the provision of benchmarks that are widely used in the Union and shall be accompanied, where appropriate, by a legislative proposal.
7. The Commission is empowered to adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 49 by 15 June 2023 in order to extend the transitional period referred to in Article 51(5) until 31 December 2025 at the latest if the report referred to in paragraph 6 of this Article demonstrates that, otherwise, the continued use in the Union of certain third-country benchmarks by supervised entities would be significantly impaired or would pose a threat to financial stability.